A Stanford-trained computer scientist and serial entrepreneur, Ivan began his journey by founding Loki Studios—later sold to Yahoo—before going on to spend a decade building AI products at Yahoo and Apple. Along the way, he recognized a critical gap in the evolution of natural language processing and large language models.

To address this, he launched Datasaur, a company dedicated to democratizing advanced NLP workflows. Backed by $8M in funding from Initialized Capital, Y Combinator, and Greg Brockman, Datasaur now powers teams at Google, Spotify, Qualtrics, the FBI, and beyond.